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typeId: term
recordId: package-author-principal
fields:
  title: Package Author Principal
  definition: A principal claiming to have authored, assembled, or published a package.
  order: 460
  usage:
    - Author claims are useful provenance but not automatic trust.
  sourceDocument: /home/johnb/Downloads/benac_terms_and_definitions_v0_1.md
  sourceVersion: 0.1 Terminology Draft
  sourceDate: 2026-05-02
  sourceSections:
    - 6. Identity, signatures, and provenance terminology
---
